Use this tag if you have problems using HDs or SSDs in Ubuntu.
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How can I correct my graphics issue, Very pixely and grainy
After downloading ubuntu from wubi i restarted my computer and and booted ubuntu on my desktop gpu radeon hd 6670, fx 4100 8gb ram, built myself. I noticed many pixels and distortion on the screen, ...
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DVD wont mount Ubuntu 12.04
I can't seem to be able to mount my optical drive. I have tried numerous solutions from this site with no results. I am not able to see the device inside the file browser either. There is a DVD in ...
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Make bootable USB Drive from Ubuntu
I need Windows for a few things, and while I love Ubuntu. I think I'll have to install Windows agian for a short period of time.
I got the .iso file on my desktop, and need to make it bootable from a ...
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cannot see my external drive
Hi I can't see my usb external hard drive.
With disk utility it says it's mounted. But I can't find it on the right of nautilus file explorer.
When I try to mounted again, obviously it says it's ...
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How do I install Ubuntu 12.10 if GParted detects no drive, Western Digital SATA hdd?
I cannot install Ubuntu because it makes the claim that no drive space is available. In reality it is simply not detecting my hard drive, although it is physically hooked up.
Update: I am pretty sure ...
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Not sure if hard drive is mounted and file system contents reads 140 TB
I have just installed ubuntu 12.10 and everything is running fine but there are a few things that I am not sure about.
In computer, when I click on the hard disk it says "unable to mount location - ...
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How to recover flash drive lost after formatting with GParted?
I was just copying audio files into my 2GB USB mp3 player, then i had a problem saying that it could not copy files into the drive any more, i tried removing it and trying again, but it didn't work, ...
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How to partition an external hard drive
I would very much appreciate your kind help with making multiple 50 GB partitions in my 500GB external hard drive. My System information is:
edmond@Dell:~$ uname -a; lsb_release -a
Linux Dell ...
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ubuntu 12.10 won't see my external hard drive
So here's the story: I installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my acer aspire 7551 last night without a hitch. I have two hard drives from my now out-of-service desktop that was running windows 7 that I'm trying to ...
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How to automount usb drive reliably without fstab
I need a way to mount a usb drive without using fstab.
I Cannot use fstab because the drive is not connected to my computer at boot. This causes an issue during any one off reboots because start up ...
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How to get permissions for all users for new drive added to the system - 12.10
I've added a new disk with a single ext4 partition and I want to use this as a shared multimedia drive /dev/sdd1 for all users and occasional samba users. It seems to work ok while I am logged in as ...
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how can i safely remove an external hard drive?
Two of the three icons of the drive's partitions show on the desktop. One has disappeared and the contents are not accessible. Right clicking on the desktop icon of the partition gives the option to ...
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Is it possible to remove prompt on startup
I recently installed Ubuntu on a flash drive. The intent was to use Ubuntu when the USB is inserted and Windows when it is not. But now I receive a prompt asking me to choose the operating system I ...
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Kubuntu 12.10 not seeing usb drive formatted ntfs
I have a 160gb hard disk (model WD1600BEVT) that I've installed in a USB casing. I formatted it as NTFS in Windows 7. A few days ago, I have installed Kubuntu 12.10 on my computer at home, but when I ...
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Is it safe to install Ubuntu with an virtual drive? (With Daemon or Alcohol)
Is it safe to install Ubuntu with an virtual diskdrive (With Daemon, Alcohol, or MagicISO)?
Because I'm not sure, and won't take the risk.
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Permanently disable CD drive [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
disable the cdrom in Ubuntu 11.10 OS
I have no use for a CD drive, ever. Yet it exists, consumes power, opens inadvertently when in its case or in my bed and makes noise ...
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Rough guide on how to partition when installing ubuntu 12.10
I was wondering if someone could give a rough guide on how to partition my desktop.
I have a 512 GB SSD and 2 TB SATA HDD.
The computer runs on 32 GB RAM and an i7 processor.
The computer is for ...
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Addition drivers on a installation usb
Is there a way to install additional drivers on 12.10 64bit installation usb drive? 12.10 usb does not start up properly (holds on blank screen with blinking underscore). I believe this is because I ...
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Is there a way to make a mounted gvfs volume shortcut on the desktop or home folder?
I have a network drive and I want to make it accessible to apps , such as LiberOffice.
I cannot make a link. The drive is available under .gvfs. Is there a way to have it as a link in my desktop or ...
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Run Ubuntu 12.04 Without Hard Drive [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I run Ubuntu without a hard drive?
Is there any possible way i can run Ubuntu 12.04 from a live USB drive with out having a hard drive in my computer?
The hard ...
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No Read/Write Permission as User on a Secondary Drive
I have a 2nd hard drive that is used for data only, it has been formatted both in NTFS and FAT32, the system is dual booted with Windows so the Data drive is used to share data between Win and Ubuntu.
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Unable to write in mounted driver Kubuntu 12.10
I installed Kubuntu 12.10 in SSD but unable to use HDD because I do not have write permission.
kisun@ejo129:~$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for kisun:
WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected ...
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New lvm install to pick up existing home drive and reinstate swap partition
I've read so many variables on what I'm trying to do, I thought it better to ask outright.
I've been through a few installs and upgrades of Ubuntu but never had my system (root) drive encrypted. Just ...
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Cannot mount USB drive — FSTAB error
Recently, one of my desktops seems to have developed a problem with the fstab and mounting USB drives. The specific error I receive is...
Unable to mount TRAVELDRIVE
Error mounting: mount exited with ...
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Why would my USB remote just stop working? (Compro K100 USB MCE)
So I recently installed again and I am finding small things to be super frustrating. For example getting my stupid Compro K100 USB MCE Remote to work.
When I installed Ubuntu 12.04 TLS it was ...
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FULL install Ubuntu on 4GB USB drive
Is there a way to full install Ubuntu 11.04 in a 4gb USB drive?
It says that I need at least a 4.6 GB drive. I want the full install, not the live persistent installation. I think that it don't need ...
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Problem Installing Ubuntu 12.04 - [Errno 5]
I'm trying to intall Ubuntu 12.04 to my brand new eBay purchased hard drive. Only got the drive today and already it's causing me problems. The seller is a proper proffesional company with 99.9% ...
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Is there a driver for HP 3D Drive Guard?
In some HP Laptops have 3d drive guard system . i dont how it works but there is a link about it. In windows hp depends it but i didnt find a driver about it for linux .
HP 3D DriveGuard protects ...
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Cannot find wireless after installation, please help
I recently posted a question but couldn't get any help from it so here goes again:
I am new to Linux. I downloaded Ubuntu 12.10 onto a USB drive to put on an old laptop just for fun. I realized that ...
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switching from ubuntu to windows on same hard drive
I just portioned my hard drive for ubuntu and windows 7. since I have a wireless keyboard I cant change the option to boot to windows at start-up. Is there another way to change from ubuntu to windows ...
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network drive automounitng after upgrading to 12.10
I have a usb hard drive hooked up to my netgear router that I have been using to store music, documents, etc. and access on my netbook. Since 10.04, I have been able to automount it at login by:
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PC wont install from pendrive
I made a bootable usb stick using Pen Drive Linux's USB Installer, but my PC doesn't recognize it when booting.
I have set the BIOS to select USB as first choice but it just bypasses it and boots ...
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How do I remove mounted drives from the unity launcher? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to remove launcher drive icons?
In 11.10 how do I go about removing the mounted drives icons on the Unity Launcher?
This article:
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Can't Find Windows's partitions in Linux [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to access Windows partition?
I have made dual boot system with Ubuntu and Windows 7 (Preinstalled given by manufacturer on Laptop). I am not able to find my windows ...
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Booting From USB Problem [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can’t get USB flash drive to boot
I'm trying to boot Ubuntu 10.12 from a usb memory stick in a first time installation, but i keep getting a message preventing me from ...
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Copying entire root drive to flash drive with different drive sizes on VirtualBox
I have my modified Lubuntu version installed on VirtualBox and I want to copy the entire root filesystem to flash drive in order to boot it on my physical PC.
My flash drive has 1.90GB and the entire ...
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How to create a common ext4 [ read / write ] partition with all ubuntu users?
I have a shared EXT4 drive with 777 permissions for all users to use.
Problem is :
When a user creates a new folder / file, it gets 644.
I guess that is because of the umask for that user.
Now, I ...
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How USB drives goes after system hard drives
I am using 12.04. My hard drives usually comes as: sda, with sudo blkid and if I plug-in any USB drive, they comes as: sdb, sdc etc; after sda. That's fine.
But problem arises after I restart my ...
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Is there any program available for making bootable USB drive?
I just don't understand the how-to pages for installing Ubuntu from USB drive.
Is there any program that can make USB drive from previously downloaded Ubuntu ISO images?
Something like that would be ...
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My external hardrive doesn't save anything on Ubuntu
When I try to save anything into my external disk (Verbatim) from Ubuntu, I always see the warning:
Error saving (name of file) /non existent
I cannot save anything from Ubuntu to external disk. ...
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Ubuntu installation froze on black screen similar to command line
Any help is greatly appreciated as I do a large sum of my work on my PC.
Okay so whats happened is I came upstairs and saw my computer running Windows 7 with a blue screen so I assumed nothing of it ...
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Can't mount my USB Drive
~> sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /media/Disk
Did not find any restart pages in $LogFile and it was not empty.
The file system wasn't safely closed on Windows. Fixing.
I have a USB Hard Disk and Windows ...
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Can Ubuntu recognize an external disk drive created by windows xp?
I have an external Hard Drive Formatted under Windows XP, Can I manage this drive in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
Right now the drive is invisible to Ubuntu. How can I use such a drive without reformatting it?
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In SSH, how do I mv to my local drive?
Probably bad searching/not knowing the terminology, but: I've managed to ssh into my webhost's directory for me, and tar the webapp I want to back up and download. But when I try to mv to ...
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What causes file managers to show drives?
What forces a file manager to show unmounted partitions in the left pane?
That is - what process is it that causes filemanagers to show drives - it's not fstab - I can show that here, I know that ...
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How to show just one Drive in Unity bar
I have two partitions and both are appearing in nautilus. On one partition windows is stored and other is for general use D:\drive.
In unity we have option to display mounted drives but I want ONLY ...
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Adding additional internal drive to fresh install (format/partioning/mounting questions) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I add an additional hard drive?
I think this is simple, but want to make sure I am doing everything right.
I have a fresh 12.04 install on my 750GB sata internal ...
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Why does the installer say I don't have enough drive space on a new drive?
I have a problem with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I am trying to install it on a new (bare) hard drive and can't get past the first screen (the one that says "For best results, please ensure that this computer: ...
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Cant set up Swap Memory
My system was recently locking up, and I realized that all my ram was all used up. I then inserted an old Hard drive and made an 8gb swap partition to compensate. Swap memory is "not avaliable" which ...
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Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS 32 bit Live CD unable to detect windos XP OS and Drives
I m trying to install Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS 32 bit (Dual Boot) , but its not detecting Xp OS and the drives.
Instead it shows complete hard disk in one section
1)No previous detected
2)Drives not ...
